Further Reading

Primary Sources


George J. Romanes “Concerning Women” The Forum Vol.4 (1887-1888): 513-522

A digitized version of this essay can be found here.


Goldwin Smith “ Woman’s Place in the State” The Forum Vol. 8 (1889-1890): 521-536

A digital copy of this essay can be found here.


Grant Allen "Plain Words on the Woman Question" Popular Science Monthly Vol. 36 (1889): 170-181

A digitized version can be found here.


John Stuart Mill. The Subjection of Women. London, 1869.

A preview of the digitized version can be found here.


Secondary Sources


Heather Lea Nelson "The Law and the Lady: Consent and Marriage in Nineteenth-Century British Literature" Purdue University (2015)


The digital essay can be found here.

Denise Riley Am I That Name: Feminism and the Category of ‘Women’ in History Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, (1988)

A preview of the digitized version can be found here.